Concordia Athletic Director Rachel Bergeson announced that four former standout student-athletes and one award-winning coach will be inducted into the Cobber Athletics Hall of Fame this fall.
Cobber Head Coach Marv Roeske made it a clean sweep of the indoor and outdoor Coach of the Year honors for the MIAC and the USTFCCCA as he was named the USTFCCA North Region Outdoor Head Coach of the Year.
Cooper Folkestad became only the second 6-time All-American in school history as he finished second in the shout put at the NCAA DIII National Outdoor Meet.
Concordia junior pitcher Wyatt Mohr was named to both the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and D3baseball.com All-Region Teams. Mohr becomes only the seventh player in program history to receive ABCA and D3baseball.com All-Region honors in the same season.
Tyler Goss (Devils Lake, N.D.) finished off his breakout junior season by claiming All-American Second Team honors in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship Meet.
Concordia sophomore Chloe Mueffelmann (Cold Spring, Minn./ROCORI HS) earned All-American Second Team honors by finishing 15th in the shot put at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship Meet.
Concordia posted a record-setting number of United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) North All-Region award winners. Concordia used their outstanding outdoor season, and MIAC championship, to have 11 athletes earn the outdoor All-Region accolade.
Cooper Folkestad (Sr., Wadena, Minn./Wadena-Deer Creek HS), Tyler Goss (Jr. Devils Lake, N.D.) and Eli Hayes (Jr., Fargo, N.D./Fargo Davies HS) all earned United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) North All-Region honors.
Concordia junior Tyler Goss needed to wait almost 10 minutes to find out if he was going to qualify for the finals in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship Meet. In the end, Goss earned the last qualifying spot for the finals after running a 9:07.92 in the first heat of the prelims.
Concordia Athletic Director announced that Keith Bateman has been named the new Associate Athletic Director for the department.
Concordia sophomore Josie Brown (Saco, Mont.) finished off her first individual national meet by competing in the prelims of the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA Division III National Meet held at Wis.-La Crosse.
Seniors Reese Hauck (Bismarck, N.D./Dickinson HS) and Jocelyn Maki (Hibbing, Minn./Nashwauk-Keewatin HS) as well as sophomore Megan Guggisberg (Sartell, Minn.) all received MIAC postseason honors as voted by the conference coaches.
Cooper Folkestad and Tyler Goss were officially announced as qualifiers for the NCAA Division III III Outdoor Track & Field Championship Meet on May 21-23 in La Crosse, Wis.
Sophomores Josie Brown and Grace Mueffelmann made the most of their last trip La Crosse to officially make a return trip to La Crosse. Brown and Mueffelmann officially qualified for the NCAA Division III National Outdoor Meet to be held in La Crosse on May 21-23.
Five days ago, Concordia claimed the MIAC Outdoor Meet championship after also winning the indoor title, and now head coach Marv Roeske has also claimed the double as he was named the MIAC Outdoor Coach of the Year to go with his indoor award.
Less than a week after officially being named to the MIAC All-Conference Team for the second straight season, Cobber junior Ryan Engel became the sixth Cobber athlete to earn NCAA Division III PING All-Region honors.
